Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-08
SAN JOAQUIN.
A Country Of Vast and Varied
Resources.
REMARKABLE FERTILITY.
A Climate Growing all Semi-Tropic
Fruits as Well as of the
Temperate Zone.
UNSURPASSED GRAIN, FRUIT AND
VINEYARD LANDS.
Stockton and Her Industries-A Future
Great Commercial Center, uIrounded
With Richest and Most Tempt
ing Lands for Home
Seekers.

Seekers.
Westward the course of empire takes its way :;
The four first acts already past
A fifth shall close the drama with the day:
Times noblest offspring is the last"
This immortal verse of Bishop Berkeley
was prophecy, which time is rapidly full
filling. Ever since the dawn of history,
the course of empire has been westward.
Even in the days of dim tradition, the
progenitors of the present dominating and
conquering races of the world left the
shadows of the lofty Hindu-Kush noun
talns, and turning their faces toward the
setting sun, commenced westward course
that carried them over all Europe and
across the stormy Atlantic to the new
world. Here their feet knew no rest, for
as soon as their settlements dotted the
Eastern shore they turned their longing
eyes to the crest of the Alleghanies, and
their white covered wagons poured through
the passes of that great range, and they
occupied the Mississippi valley and the
Lake Basin. With that same Unsuitable
"hunger of the horizon" which has always
characterized these migratory and conquer
ing races, they crossed the Father of Wa
tiers" and theswift Missouri, spread out over
the wide plains, scaled the continental divide
and occupied the interior basins and the
Pacific slope.
THIS "wEsTwARD COURSE OF EMPIRE"
From the Alleghanies to the tides of the
Pacific, has occupied less than century.
In that time the greater part of a vast con-
tinent has been subdued and settled.
Many great States have been carved out
of the savage wilderness and added as stars
of the first magnitude to the bright gal
axy of the Union. Populous, cities, towns
and villages almost without number, have
sprung into existence; long lines of rail-
ways have been constructed; fleets of
steam and sailing vessels have been put
onto the inland seas and rivers; far
reaching commerce established; the tireless
wheels of gigantic industries have been
started, and the continent has been popu-
lated by 10000, 900 industrious people.
empire" over the
BEST AND RICHEST PORTIONS OF TWO
CONTINENTS, CALIFORNIA,
Times noblest offering, is the last" to
be occupied. 1t Is now little more than
quarter Of a century since the true devel-
opment of this State commenced. In
that time her progress has been marvellous.
She has taken the first position as the pro-
ducer of gold, quicksilver, wheat, barley,
wine, wool, fruit and vegetables, and her
production in all these is still in its in
fancy. At the rate our energetic people
are pushing these developments and adding
to the volume of these products another
decade will see California become the
Empire State, if it is not so now. 1t is not
only in agriculture that such gigantic
strides have been made In manufactures
we are assuming a foremost rank and our
steamers and sailing ships are to be seen
on every sea where the white wings of
commerce go.
INCOMING TIDE OF PEOPLE.
California has already received a large
immigration in the past. OF the 200
600 people who live here now, more than
100000 are men, women and children who
As large as the migratory movement to the
Pacific slope has been in the past, il is now
assuming incomparably greater proper
tions.
The world has resounded to the tread of
many mighty armies, and has seen many
great migrations. Whole peoples with
their hocks and herds have left the land of
their nativity, and, descending upon new
,a,l
them, but history records no such move
ments of the human race as are now taking
place upon this continent among the
American people. Compared to the human
tide which is now moving from the rising
to the setting sun, the greatest of historic
armies and the largest migratory move
ments Of past ages appear insignificant.
There are now living in this country more
than 20,000,Go0 people who have gone out
from the shadows of the roof-trees of their
childhood's homes and
FOLLOWED THE STAR OF EMPIRE
In its westward course. Year by wear. as
the volume of our country's population in
creases, this human tide rolling west as
sumes greater proportions. Each year
more than 100000 men, women and chill
dren pass through Chicago in search of
homes, and this is only part of the great
stream of hOme-seekers coming toward our
shores. In a single decade Colorado re-
ceived an accession of 100000 people; Da-
kota, 100000; Nebraska, $4,000; Iowa,
100000; Minnesota, 100000 Kansas,
100000, and Texas $4,000 people AL
most TO the present time those States and
Territories were not only the chief but the
only attractions. The empire of the Pa
clhc was so distant as to be unknown.
Now steam and electricity have annihi-
lated space, and our products of wool. wine.
gold, grain and fruits have attracted the
attention of the world, and the swarms of
home-seekers are looking west to the crest
of the Sierra, anxious to know the secrets
of the sunny lands that lie hidden bevend
They have seen liz all their towns in the
East our great clusters of red and purple
grapes, our luscious peaches, plums pears
and spricots;
OUR LARGE JUICY ORANGES,
The zeritable "Golden Apples of the Hes
perides." our purple and white figs, our
raisius that rival those from Malaga. and
they have drank our pure red, white and
sparkling wines. They have heard that
here are valleys sheltered from Arctic
blasts, caressed by balmy winds from the
tropics, valleys where there is a succession
of golden days and cool sieep-wooing
nights; valleys where winter is banished
and in his place there is the yernal green
of growing grass and waving grain, where
flowers and the song birds are perennial :;
and they are coming here to find homes
with us. There are three great railways
TO the north of this State, which are every
day bringing 1000 people to the Pacific
coast. Here the three trauscontinental
pes have sisesdy arranged excursion